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ON ICE: Members of the East York Skating Club’s Ice Dreams perform at Janet Davis skating party at East York Memorial Arena Sunday.

Police continue to investigate after an armed guard shot and killed two men inside a McDonald’s on Danforth Avenue early Saturday.

The deceased have been identified as Donny Ouimette, 25, and Ryan Hind, 39. Autopsies have confirmed both died of gunshot wounds.

The guard is recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand.

Police said the guard was getting food in the McDonald’s at 1735 Danforth Ave. (near Coxwell Avenue) when he got into a physical altercation with Ouimette and Hind around 3 a.m. The fight ended with the guard firing several shots.

“When we arrived, we had two men with obvious gunshot wounds. They were pronounced dead at the scene,” Toronto Police Const. Victor Kwong said. “The guard was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound to the hand.”

There were eight to 10 customers and employees in the restaurant at the time of the shooting.

“It took place in the area where you would line up to order,” Kwong said. “We are not looking for any outstanding suspects.” The guard isn’t under arrest and is co-operating with investigators.

Homicide investigators are looking into the policies, procedures and licencing with regards to the guard, Kwong said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the homicide squad at 416-808-7400 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).

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Providing entertainment: Left, guitarist Kunle performs at Eastview Neighbourhood Community Centre during the 20th annual Black History Month celebration Celebrating Unity.

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Monarch Park rink users frustrated by early closure JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Despite winter still being in full swing, Tuesday night women’s shinny is already over for the season at Monarch Park.

The local outdoor rink, located just west of Coxwell Avenue and south of Danforth Avenue, was not on the list of 12 additional outdoor rinks to receive private funding to remain open until March 22, weather permitting, and was shuttered Feb. 22.

Last year, the outdoor rink at Monarch Park was selected to stay open until March 16.

“Given the weather, there are a lot of people in the community who would like to keep skating. Monarch Park is a well-used local outdoor rink,” said area resident Stephanie Baptist, an active

park user who serves as the adopt-a-tree coordinator for the Friends of Monarch Park stewardship group and also plays women’s shinny on Tuesday night.

“Monarch Park is really a community hub at any time of the year. It’s a beautiful park and the outdoor rink certainly isn’t an underused facility.”

Now in its second season, Monarch Park is home to one of just three women’s shinny leagues in the city.

“It’s free and accessible and in the community,” said Baptist, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 12 years.

“The ease of it for a bunch of us who are parents is so great. Women’s shinny is a great activity in the community.”

Ward 30 Councillor Paula

Fletcher said it’s a shame this popular local rink is already finished for the season.

“Where’s the common sense there?” asked Fletcher, whose 2014 motion at the Parks and Environment Committee to allow flexibility in the 2015 Operating Budget for municipal skating rinks was carried, but not implemented until the 11th hour.

“Here we are one more year with this same situation. I’m just throwing up my hands,” she said.

“I think ( Toronto City) Council needs to step in.”

The committee adopted a similar “contingency fund” motion for 2016 at its Feb. 25 meeting.

Fletcher went on to express her frustration that year after year users of the city’s outdoor rinks are left in limbo as private donors only provide

enough funds to extend the skating season at a finite number of rinks.

During a recent interview, she said extending the outdoor rink season – which she said costs roughly $200,000 – isn’t an overly expensive endeavour considering city council approved $443 million to expedite the repair of the crumbling Gardiner Expressway.

On Friday, Feb. 20, Fletcher penned a letter to Mayor John Tory and City Manager Joe Pennachetti requesting Monarch Park be considered as an addition to the list of rinks that will remain open until March 22.

In her letter, Fletcher pointed to the rink being used extensively by residents of wards 29, 30, 31 and 32.

She also expressed her disappointment that she

wasn’t “given the opportunity to explain this before the decision was made and include my colleagues from the surrounding wards who would, no doubt, agree to the important role this rink plays in all four adjoining neighbourhoods.”

“I’ll keep fighting,” Fletcher vowed.

Dedicated Monarch Park users like Baptist will also continue working to extend the skating season at their local outdoor rink.

“For next season, we’ll try to put ourselves on the list of folks who would benefit from an extended season,” she said.

“We’ll also try to brainstorm ways to support and help with the costs of keeping our rink going until March.”

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Redway book signing slated Former East York mayor and Member of Parliament Alan Redway is holding a launch party for his book, Governing Toronto: Bringing Back the City That Worked, this Saturday.

The book contrasts today’s post-amalgamation megacity of Toronto with the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, referring to Toronto’s “Golden Age” from 1954 to 1998. It establishes the growth of the city since it was created in 1834 up to when Toronto and its surrounding boroughs were amalgamated and significantly enlarged the Greater Toronto Area.

The launch is at S. Walter Stewart Library, and Redway will be signing books. The event runs from 2 to 4 p.m at the library, 170 Memorial Park Ave.

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In addition, the Toronto Time Capsule includes the latest articles and features on heritage news and events in the city.

Just as you’d want to create a comprehensive collection for any time capsule going into the ground, we plan to grow our selection by opening contributions to more historical groups, historians and residents.

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hat is it about East York’s character that makes it such a special place to live?

It’s certainly more than the bricks and mortar that make up its buildings and infrastructure.

Though certainly the former borough’s small post-war bungalows and other buildings lend to its unique character.

You can go through the City of Toronto and see many distinct neighbourhoods, each with its own history and particular flavour of living. There are definitely many places that have strong neighbourhood groups, where citizens work together to keep their home turf safe, healthy and a good place to live.

Yet it’s hard to find an area such as East York where many different neighbourhoods have come together to form a true community.

A community where people of many different

joe cooper watchdog backgrounds and political views can put aside their differences and come together as one.

I certainly had a glimpse of that community spirit last Thursday when I attended the celebration held in honour of former MPP and East York mayor Michael Prue.

Held at the Palace Restaurant on Pape Avenue, the event featured the wide range of people who have come to represent East York.

This was no elite gathering of people, but an open door, anyone is welcome affair.

As a result there were people from all ranks and classes of the community, with nobody feeling excluded or left out.

Frankly, it was literally a mix of people off the street

to the current Mayor of Toronto, John Tory, who were there as equals.

There was no reserved seating and we all ate the complimentary food from the same table.

Certainly the focus of the evening was upon Michael Prue and most deservedly so given his contribution to the community.

However, as Michael pointed out himself, his accomplishments and even the evening itself would not have been possible without the help of the East York community.

As Michael and each speaker pointed out, East York was unique in Metro Toronto in that it maintained a small town atmosphere.

People knew each other and worked with each other in order to keep their community healthy and well maintained.

Unlike other communities that tended to be cliquish or closed to outsiders,

East York provided inclusiveness.

As a result, “ordinary” citizens could become involved in many different aspects of the community.

The borough was just the right size that you could know your neighbours, local politicians and even the mayor on a first name basis.

While amalgamation has change a great deal of the East York community, it was heartening to see the fact that old spirit of the former borough was still alive.

The energy in the room was electric as people of different views and backgrounds set aside their differences, shook hands and enjoyed each other’s company.

That is what makes East York the special place that it is.

Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@insidetoronto.com

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New streetcar on Spadina line w510 The newest of the new streetcars had its first official trip earlier this week Car 4405 entered service Monday on the 510 Spadina line. It’s the fourth of the new fleet under manufacture by Bombardier.

Toronto’s deployment of the new fleet to replace the three-decades-old streetcars currently in service is going far slower than expected, with Bombardier blaming the delay on the effects of a 2014 strike at its Thunder Bay plant, and technical issues with the low-floor vehicles’ retractable accessibility ramp.

TTC TARDY PASS CIRCULATING Toronto commuters have had to endure a harsh winter marked by frequent transit delays and lengthy waits for service to be restored.

Now it seems an unknown rider was fed-up enough to create a TTC Tardy Pass, copies of which were found in the subway over the weekend, demand-

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rahul gupta TO in TRANSIT ing reasons for the latest delay. The form gives a long list of choices to select for a service hold-up, from a medical emergency to “stalled politicians”.

While not official, it does encourage riders to get actual TTC staff to fill out and sign the form, which could then be presented to an employer or significant other to excuse tardiness.

Visit www.imgur.com/ K4AKURD to view the tardy passes.

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A study by the group Bike to Transit shows an increase in the number of people choosing two wheels over four to get to work.

The 2014 Cycle-Transit user survey (www.tinyurl. com/nfx3rnr) found 72 per cent of respondents either commuted via bicycle for the first time last summer or had been doing so two to five years prior. The study,

released in late February, also found cycling to transit stations in the Greater Toronto Area has doubled over the last three years.

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He scored few goals for the blue and white, but newly departed Maple Leaf David Clarkson was a winner when it came to taking transit.

Clarkson made a point of regularly taking the Better Way, something that was pointed out in a discussion thread on Reddit Toronto following his trade last week to the Columbus Blue Jackets. His preference of subways over sports cars was most notably featured on a 2013 episode of the HBO hockey series 24/7.

Perhaps the Toronto pro-athlete most synonymous with public transit is Matt “Red Rocket” Bonner, who, as his nickname suggests, frequently took the TTC while playing for the Raptors.

Rahul Gupta is The Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears on Thursday. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Waiting on Tory’s magic Rolodex One of the most resonant of the points hammered at by 2014 mayoral candidate John Tory was his belief Toronto could not solve its very significant problems on its own.

The federal and provincial governments would need to “come to the table” and pay a significant share of the cost of public housing, public transportation and infrastructure improvement.

It was hard to argue with that premise – the property tax base is a lousy way to finance a city as big as a middle-sized province – and also hard to be too skeptical of Tory’s boasts, that he above all other candidates had the capacity to draw reluctant premiers and prime ministers to that table.

Tory has fostered a great deal of non-partisan goodwill, after all, particularly compared to his predecessor the congenitally partisan Rob Ford.

One can’t say whether anyone else would have

david nickle the city done better. But Tory’s relationships so far have borne little fruit. Indeed, every time Toronto goes to the table with the province it seems like Toronto gets saddled with the check.

Like previous examples – the $86 million in housing pooling, the $75 million in LRT sunk costs – the latest imposition emerged during the 2015 budget process. It turns out Toronto taxpayers owe nearly $100 million to Metrolinx for the Union Pearson Express rail project that Toronto property taxpayers understood themselves to have nothing to do with.

It turns out that wasn’t the case.

When Metrolinx builds a rail line through a municipality and has to make upgrades and changes to municipal infrastructure, the cost of that work falls on

the municipality.

And there was a lot of infrastructure rejigging that needed to be done to get that rail line – a rail line that’s pretty much exclusively for the use of air travellers staying in or near downtown Toronto, and priced at $30 a ticket.

A rail line that, in other words, doesn’t really provide that much benefit to commuters who live and travel within Toronto.

Now, this charge didn’t magically appear as Tory took office; city staff has known for years there would be a reckoning.

But by the same token, the magic Rolodex Tory promised to bring to the mayor’s office hasn’t been nearly as effective as originally advertised – at least when it comes to swaying the provincial government to take provincial action on matters important to the city.

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Just 19 years old and living on her own in Ottawa, Churley kept her pregnancy a secret and made the difficult decision to give her baby up for adoption.

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Jane Austen Dance Classes WHEN: 7 to 8:20 p.m. WHERE: St Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Karen Millyard, 416-578-1031 COST: $65, $50 for youth, students, seniors (four-lesson course) No partner or dance experience needed. Payment must be made before the beginning of the course.

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Rob Martine WHEN: 8 p.m. to midnight WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion - Branch No. 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416425-3070 COST: Free Rob Martine performs.

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Live Music at the Branch WHEN: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714 COST: Free David Wildsmith Trio performs.

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Business Inc. Orientation Session WHEN: 6:30 to 8 p.m. WHERE: Danforth/Coxwell Branch Toronto Public Library, 1675 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7783 COST: Free Eight-week business program in

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An Afternoon of Music WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: PresteignWoodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: 416-755-8352 COST: Free Afternoon of organ and piano with special solo vocal guests. Everyone is welcome.

Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.east yorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

partnership with the City of Toronto and the Toronto Business Development Centre. Registration required at www.eventbrite.ca.

Literature for Life WHEN: 7 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Fox and Fiddle, 535 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Rachel Kellogg, 647-505-5230 COST: $10 suggested donation A live reading, themed food and more. Meet post-graduate PR students from Centennial College, faculty and members Literature for Life (Canada), a local Toronto charity that helps young moms build literacy skills through its Women with Words Reading Circles

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Health and Wellness Fair WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. WHERE: St. Clair O’Connor Community Inc., 2701 St. Clair Ave. E. CONTACT: Melody Humphries, 416-757-8757 Ext. 250 COST: Free Seniors health and wellness fair featuring exhibits and presentations: fall prevention, staying fit and active, foot health, and much more. Sign for lunch by March 9.

Presteign-Woodbine Heritage Group WHEN: 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

WHERE: Presteign-Woodbine United Church, 2538 St. Clair Ave. E. CON-

TACT: 416-755 8352 COST: $7 A series of presentations on the history of Toronto and Ontario. March 12: Gary Toffoli - Canada in American and British Cinema. This is the last presentation before the spring session, which begins April 21.

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Budget-Friendly Tips for Healthy Eating WHEN: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart Library, 170 Memorial Park Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free Learn healthy and budget-friendly food tips. Workshop presented by students from the Masters of Public Health Community Nutrition Program at the University of Toronto. Includes a food demo and free food sample.

Blaze and Glory WHEN: 8 to midnight WHERE: Legion Branch No. 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-425-3070 COST: Free Blaze and Glory.

preciated. Youth in Grade 7 and 8 welcome as leaders in training.

Foot Care Clinic WHEN: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. WHERE: Mosaic Home Care Services and Community Resource Centre, CNIB, 1929 Bayview Ave., Suite 215H CONTACT: 416-322-7002 COST: community clinics $40; in-home treatment $55 Every third Tuesday of the month.

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Get Inspired: Felt Phone Case Workshop WHEN: 3:30 to 5 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart, 170 Memorial Park Ave. CONTACT: 416-396-3975 COST: Free. Call to register. Ages 11 to 18 Create and decorate a phone case out of felt. Supplies provided.

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It ends July 10 with the lighting of the cauldron during the Pan Am Games opening ceremony in downtown Toronto.

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The winning school will get one of 25 free paralympic athlete presentations at their school.

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“These medals are pieces of art in their own right, and reflect all the hard work, dedication and the difficult journey athletes will take to wear one around their neck and cherish for life,” Tewskbury said.

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Metis visual artist, Christi Belcourt designed the artwork.

In honour of the design, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation elder Gary Sault opened the ceremony with a traditional song.

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